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Do you want to stream all your Logitech Squeezebox content directly to your Android Device? Then SqueezePlayer is your perfect match - it turns your Android phone or tablet into a SqueezeBox on its own!You won't even need a Logitech Squeezebox to make SqueezePlayer work - just download the (free) Squeezebox-Server (see below)

★★★ Stream your Music via WiFi or Mobile Connection ★★★Make your music free! Now you can take all your music with you - car, school, work, garden, anywhere in your house.

SqueezePlayer is able to stream your local music (see below for supported formats), internet radio stations or songs from Apps like Last.FM, Deezer or WiMP from your Squeezebox-Server directly to your mobile or tablet. (Rhapsody, Napster and Pandora NOT working right now, due to licensing issues, Spotify only works with the help of triodes plugin installed in a Squeezebox-Server).

For playback to be working via 3G you will need to open/forward port 9000 and 3483 on your router (as well as setting up a DynDNS service). As networking/streaming from your home network via internet is not straightforward, please also visit my growing tutorial: http://www.squeezeplayer.com/2011/05/how-to-connect-via-3g/

SqueezePlayer is a playback App - you won't be able to control your Squeezebox (nor itself) with it. But there are enough Apps out there being a perfect fit: OrangeSqueeze, SqueezeCommander, Squeeze Control or free alternatives like the official Logitech App, Squeezer or SqueezeDroid. From the main screen of SqueezePlayer you can jump directly to any of these App, where you mobile will be among all other players as long as SqueezePlayer is activated.In OrangeSqueeze this also works the other way round: it will start SqueezePlayer automatically from the players list, so here it is highly integrated.

By the way: if you have any problem with SqueezePlayer, please contact me! I'm very happy to help you sort all problems out: support(at)squeezeplayer.com

Your SqueezeboxServer will be able to convert other file types (Ogg, mp4) to FLAC or mp3 on the fly, so these will play as well. (You can check the settings screen of your Squeezebox Server under Advanced->File Types what other file types will be transcoded to FLAC or mp3).

Please note that the inbuilt server of the Touch will not be able to transcode as much as a real server, you will be bound to the natively support formats!

★★★ Requirements ★★★For SqueezePlayer to work you need to set up the Logitech Squeezebox Server (recently renamed to "Logitech Media Server"). You can download it here: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/LogitechMediaServer_v7.7.1/SqueezePlayer will also work with the integrated server of the Squeezebox Touch (but be aware, that this one cannot convert as many formats as a real server).

I test against version 7.5 - 7.7 of the server.

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Sync not so good I was hoping this would compete with Sonos for multi room zones, but the sync is unpredicatable and pausing a track and restarting causes great problems. No master volume for a zone either. Had hoped for better. If the app was £1 i'd give it 4* , but at this price, its simply not worth it .... stick to DLNA/uPNP

A Google User

Are Bluetooth display and control implemented (AVRCP)? I would love to have proper track/artist displayed on my car's embedded Bluetooth audio system's display.

Sync not so good I was hoping this would compete with Sonos for multi room zones, but the sync is unpredicatable and pausing a track and restarting causes great problems. No master volume for a zone either. Had hoped for better. If the app was £1 i'd give it 4* , but at this price, its simply not worth it .... stick to DLNA/uPNP

Hi Jonathan,
please contact me under support(at)squeezeplayer.com for a refund. Noone should be paying for stuff he doesn't like.
On my homepage you will find a long article about possible caveats of synchronization with this App. Despite this caveats it works for most people quite well, but is not a guaranteed feature of this App.

A Google User July 1, 2015

Are Bluetooth display and control implemented (AVRCP)? I would love to have proper track/artist displayed on my car's embedded Bluetooth audio system's display.

Hi, these would be tasks of a remote controll App. SqueezePlayer neither knows about the metadata of the track played currently (it just receives the stream) nor does it have transport control features (it just reveives those controls)

When it works it's good But on my Nexus 7 2012 running cyanogen (lollipop) it plays for a little while then stops - actually it just seems to pause - then a random amount if time later it starts again. Good WiFi connection. It also stops if I change the volume on the device. Very frustrating.

Seamless The whole Squeezebox experience is a joy and continues to work for me after many years with fantastic support. This app works seamlessly and allows me to connect in the garden with a pair of headphones.

Great Apps, only 1 issue.. I love this app, and with this, have found uses for lots of old android devices around my house, though I have 1 issue, that seems present on all devices...the Name never appears to be saved, I set the name, on either the app, or via my server but after a period of time, it is back to using the device name, bit of a shame :( Other than that, great app

Sweet! Makes my squeezebox portable! Much better than the dlna app i have on my droid. Orange Squeeze app completes the deal and does LAN on Wake up. This app extends possibilities of your Squeezebox Server

Fantastic!! Outstanding app and very innovative solution!! If you have a squeezebox server and want to stream to your mobile device, this (plus the free "Squeezebox Remote" app) is by far the best solution. I've tried several dlna players none of which worked well or provided a good experience; this brings the full power of the squeezebox server. Folks, the need for both this app and the free "Squeezebox Remote" or similar program may seem confusing - but once installed the two integrate seamlessly. Think of it this way (comparing to a home theater solution like Logitech Duet): This software is the Android equivalent of the box that connects to your stereo receiver to actually play the music, and the free "Squeezebox Remote" program is like the hand-held controller used to select music or apps. So on your tablet/phone, you'll really be using the "Squeezebox Remote" app, while this program sits in the background to get the music to the device's speakers. So while it may seem weird to pay five bucks for an app you don't use directly, it basically emulates hardware that costs ten times that much. Best five bucks I've ever spent!!

Excellent App for my multiroom purpose I've got this app installed on an old HTC phone I had lying around that I've hooked up to an even older DVD surround sound system in my kitchen. I'm running Squeezelite on an RPi in the living room that's hooked up to another amp and speaker setup. Both Squeeze clients are synced to a free Spotify stream I rebroadcast through Icecast, Ladiocast and Soundflower on a rather old MacBook (that also runs the LMS). Now when I walk between rooms I get perfectly synchronised musical goodness. I've got a couple other old HTCs that I'll re-purpose as clients using this excellent app when the need arises. I realise I don't use this app or the Squeezebox infrastructure anywhere near to its full capabilities but I cannot recommend this app highly enough if you're looking for an affordable, hacky way to achieve a multiroom setup.

Not what I expected I guess i should have read the description better. I thought this would also work as a player app but it really doesn't do anything but connect to the Logitech server. Why is it named SqueezePlayer? Why can't it also have a player combined with it? Seems redundant to require two apps to play streamed music. So now i'm going to have to buy a player app as well? Update: Is it just me or what? I cannot for the life of me figure out why i need this application if it can't stream audio from a Logitech sever on it's own. All i want to do is to stream music to my Android phone fro my server. Can't I just use one of the many apps like Squeezer to do this? Can you please tell me why i would need SqueezePlayer, too? How is this a playback App? I don't see any player controls. How do i play streamed content to my Android phone using this app? Looks like i need this app, a squeeze server controller and a playback audio app, too? I never had a more difficult understanding of how to get this to work when it shoudl be simple.

Hi James,
you can use the free Logitech App as a Controller App. There are also other free alternatives supported by SqueezePlayer.
If you don't like the App, don't hesitate to ask for a refund via support..

A Google User September 14, 2014

Perfect Squeezebox supplement Although at home I use a Squeezebox Touch, when I am on the go, the Squeezeplayer is perfect. I could not be happier. It is worth pointing out that with this app plus the freely downloadable Logitech Media Server plus one of the many fine Android controller apps, one can enjoy all the benefits of the excellent Squeezebox music experience without ever purchasing any Squeezebox equipment.

When playing by it self its ok But when i have two or more devices they dont sync. one will play and the other will stop or pause. It may be the LMS that is doing it but i dont see any setting that says pause one player and play the other it says keep in sync. It will stop playing in the middle of a song for no reason. Not a fan.